| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Bugady Musun" | Siberian | Revered by many Siberian peoples. Bugady Musun was the patron of wildlife and the guardian of animals. |
| Goddess name "COATLICUE (the serpent-skirted goddess)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. The creator goddess of the earth and mankind and the female aspect of OMETEOTL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. She has 400 sons, the stars of the southern sky, and is the mother of the goddess COYOLXAUHQUI. Later, as a widow, she was impregnated by a ball of feathers as she was sweeping the serpent mountain of Coatepec near Tula. Her other children decapitated her as punishment for her dishonor, but she gave birth to the Sun god HUITZILOPOCHTLI who subsequently slew Coyolxauhqui and her brothers, thus banishing night for day. According to tradition Coatlicue feeds off human corpses. She is also recognized as the patron deity of florists.... |
| Goddess name "Caireen" | Ireland | Protective mother goddess and patron of children. Ireland |
"Cao Guo Jiu" | Chinese | One of the Chinese Ba Xian, he is also the patron saint of actors and actresses. |
| God name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Mayan | A fish god and the patron deity of fishermen. He blessed their catches, yet also ate them if they drowned. Mayan |
"Cronides or Cronion" | Greek | A patronymic from Cronus, and very commonly given to Zeus, the son of Cronus. Greek |
"Dunstan" | Britain | Patron saint of goldsmiths. He burnt the devil's nose with red hot tongs. Britain |
"E" | Mayan | E. An agricultural divinity and the patron of maize and maize produce. Mayan |
| God name "Ebisu" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. The most popular of seven gods of fortune recognized in Shintoism and frequently linked with the god DAIKOKU. He is depicted as a fat, smiling and bearded fisherman holding a fishing rod in one hand and a sea bream in the other. The name does not appear in the clåśśical sacred texts Nibongi and Kojiki, but Ebisu is known to have been worshiped in ancient times among fishermen. From about the sixteenth century his character changed and he became a deity åśśociated with profit. Thus he is a patron of commerce and his picture hangs in most establishments. He is perhaps syncretized with the gods HIRUKO and KOTO-SHIRO-NUSHI. He may also be identified with Fudo, the god of knowledge. He does not join the rest of the Shinto pantheon in the great October festival at Izumo because he is deaf. His festival is celebrated concurrently in his own temple.... |
"Ekchuah" | Mayan | An agricultural divinity who is the Patron of cacao and cacao products. He also has åśśociations with travelers and journeys. Mayan |
"Eloi" | Greek | Patron saint of artists and smiths. |
| Goddess name "Eriu" | Celtic / Irish | Fertility goddess. An aspect of the MORRIGAN. One of the deities who were known as the Sovereignty of Ireland and wedded sym bolically to a mortal king. Also a warrior goddess, capable of changing shape from girl to hag, and into birds and animals. She is patroness of the royal seat of Uisnech in County Meath. Eire and Erin are corruptions of her name. See also BADB.... |
| Goddess name "Fachea" | Ireland | Goddess of poetry and patron of bards. Ireland |
| God name "Faivarongo" | Polynesian / Tikopia | God of mariners. The eldest son of a being known as Ariki Kafika Tuisifo, he is a patron and guardian of seafarers and is also regarded as the origin of the royal Tikopian lineage. Also known as the grandsire of the ocean. He is closely linked with the chthonic god TIFENUA and the sky god ATUA I KAFIKA.... |
| Goddess name "Fotla" | Ireland | A patron goddess of Ireland and the wife of the Tuatha king MacCeacht. |
| God name "Geb" | Egypt | God of the earth. He is also a Patron of herbalism. Egypt |
| God name "Girru" | Sumeria | The god of fire and light and the patron of the arts and the god of civilization. Sumeria |
| God name "Gobannon" | Celtic | The god of metalworking and the patron of blacksmiths, mechanics, and craftsman. Celtic |
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